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News Headlines Archive

October 05, 2012
Miscellaneous
  • Bengal to vest 270 acres of JSW land at Salboni
  • Wipro keen to take part in Kolkata beautification drive
  • Crocodile kills tiger in Sunderbans' island
  • Bengal sheds its dilemma over ode to Tagore
  • Trinamool MLAs busy with social events, give political work a miss
    • Times of India
  • Bottling plant told not to use tubewells
  • 2 pickpockets held at Metro
  • Rain lashes Kolkata, spoils puja shopping plans
  • Nine-member panel to solve Haldia crisis
  • Hospitals turn into home for forsaken patients
  • Dreaded KLO militant surrenders in Malda
  • Bank forces small farmers into fixed deposit trap
  • Army nod to Hills water project
  • Chief Minister slams Cong at public meet
  • Fruitseller gunned down in Titagarh
  • Grand farewell for High Court chief justice
  • Denied money, son kills mom
  • Rain saves day for cops
  • Puja lightings to bring alive Olympics glory
  • Big B, more screen space jack up film fest budget
  • Man found dead in south Kolkata house
  • Governor upgrades to a BMW, govt foots 40L bill
  • Kolkata's business district to shut down for two days to allow rallies
  • Shady Bengal companies raise Rs 15,000 crore
  • Welcome to barricaded Kolkata
  • Kolkata doctors eye breakthrough in cancer cure
  • Accident probe leads cops to grisly murder
  • Nothing fair about Kolkata Municipal Corporation trident fair rate
  • Raids no bar for hookah bars
  • Parsis in Kolkata celebrate Fire Temple centenary
  • Subrata Mukherjee for more changes in Panchayat Act
  • Big Pujas take the sheen out of smaller organizers
  • Artists cash in on theme Pujas
  • West Bengal government in a fix over temple in core Sunderbans
  • Molestation charge against magistrate
  • Metro rail may carry 20 lakh commuters by 2015
  • Woman rescued from Haryana
  • Fata Keshtor puja to woo Mumbaikars
  • Anglo-Indian meet in Kolkata next year
  • Hatia Express passengers to be felicitated to celebrate 25 years of passenger reservation system
  • Bengal minister's son dies of burn injuries
  • Baby ward fire triggers panic at Medical College
  • Fertilizer crisis looms over kharif crops
  • Slow land acquisition a threat to border security
  • Intelligence lapses in CRPF ambush?
  • Sealdah control room to go hi-tech soon
  • Pullout casts shadow over CM's madrassa dreams
  • Bid to reopen case against Cong MP
  • Kolkata may miss digitization deadline
  • Congress to play AIIMS card in panchayat polls
  • India's computing pioneer remains unsung in Bengal
  • Walk the mile or pay price for a 'ride' at state hospitals
  • Derek O' Brien headed for UN meet, to meet New York Bengalis
  • Govt employees fume at 'no-holiday' diktat
  • German team to gauge state's green potential
    • The Telegraph
  • Vendetta behind parcel bomb
  • Award for city dancers
  • Decent man, devious plot
  • Even Obama is talking about trafficking, when will we?
  • Parsis celebrate a century
  • Auto drivers block arterial road
  • Splash at fag end of monsoon
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Chaos in packed Metro
  • Trinamul land self-goal
  • Alapini set for stage comeback
  • Classes give over for Mukul rally
  • Port players willing to work for solutions
  • Porters strike to protest fee
  • Plans for tourists in Puja season
  • Cong gheraoes police station
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata calls for no-trust motion against UPA govt
  • Junglemahal girls put best foot forward
  • Muslim outfit slams CM on quota
  • Policy draft on compassionate job ready, to be tabled in Cabinet soon
  • Muslim rallies on different issues force Kolkata American Center shutdown
  • Marathon meeting fails to break Haldia dock logjam
  • Infants kin held for rape
  • With 4 arrests, cops crack parcel blast
  • For the promised jobs
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • CPM geared up to confront Mamata & men post Puja
  • Bengal minister's son dies of burn injuries
  • Cops crack Park St child rape case, kin named culprit
  • Lack of intel led to CRPF deaths in Jangalmahal
  • Man hacks younger brother to death following dispute
  • Lights...Camera...Action!
  • Down with Leukaemia, child lives his dream
  • Five killed in car carsh
  • KMC'S adopt a tree project for parents appeals to very few
  • Parcel bomb case cracked
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line